Altered maps XI: Towards a New Decade!

[Dachs]

And you very well know what I mean when I say Northern. Dongbei is a distinct geographical region quite separate from Northern China (which, by the way, is officially defined as, well, not Dongbei). If I had meant Dongbei, I would've said Dongbei, as no one refers to Dongbei when they refer to Northern China (eg "Northern China suffers from a water shortage" or "Northern China is at risk of desertification"). Go back to your Diadokhoi and your Basileia Rhomaion.

Who cares? You weren't the one who defined it. The initial comment was that China's frontiers were pretty damn forested and that the map didn't show it - none of this "North China" hooey there. You then made comments about "China's northern and western frontiers". No "North China". Then after I brought up Dongbei and the fact that the Tarim Basin != China's actual western frontier while noting that, yes, there aren't a whole helluva lot of forests in the Gobi, you ignored 90% of my post while going after a distinction that had never been drawn in the discussion before. I don't know why you're PMSing all the hell over me right now, but you need to get it sorted out, right?

 

[Tee Kay]

Who cares? You weren't the one who defined it. The initial comment was that China's frontiers were pretty damn forested and that the map didn't show it - none of this "North China" hooey there. You then made comments about "China's northern and western frontiers". No "North China". Then after I brought up Dongbei and the fact that the Tarim Basin != China's actual western frontier while noting that, yes, there aren't a whole helluva lot of forests in the Gobi, you ignored 90% of my post while going after a distinction that had never been drawn in the discussion before. I don't know why you're PMSing all the hell over me right now, but you need to get it sorted out, right?

Oh, what do you expect now, for me to cry at your feet and acclaim the Glorious Dachs, the Lord of Pedantry? I fully understood your point the first time, thank you very much, and clarified that yes I meant Northern = Gobi; Dongbei is a separate distinct region that is not usually invoked by the phrase "North China" (or "northern frontier" or whatever). And of course you had to come back and told me to shut up, because, yes, you are the supreme authority governing geographical and historical names. What I meant was clear from the context; the Tian Shan forests being the exception rather than the rule; that they exist is not something I'm going to argue with you, and hence why I didn't reply to that particular part of your post (not because I "ignored" it, but of course you need a capitulation)./rant

 

[Joecoolyo]

Alright, lets calm down guys, Chinese forestation/pedantics isn't really anything worth getting worked up over.

Lets bring this thread back to maps and their alterations before the mods come and alter infraction counts.

 

[Tee Kay]

Here's one a couple of months ago from the New York Times

 

[Dachs]

Mislabeling Hungary as Slovakia is the best error ever

 

[bombshoo]

Not to mention making Corsica part of Italy.

 

[Dachs]

Yeah, but that's half true anyway

labeling Hungary as Slovakia is like referring to Chris Paul as a Los Angeles Laker

 

[Yoda Power]

Mislabeling Hungary as Slovakia is the best error ever

It's a map of the Eurozone.

 

[Dachs]

It's a map of the Eurozone.

Yes, and? They added Hungary to the Eurozone when it's not in it, then mislabeled it as Slovakia.

 

[Civ'ed]

Czechoslovakia must have been an odd country according to this map

 

[Winner]

Mislabeling Hungary as Slovakia is the best error ever

I am so going to show this to all my Slovak friends

 

[NedimNapoleon]

And thats the New York Times, I'm never reading it again!

 

[gangleri2001]

Have you people never heard of the Austro-Slovak Empire? Shame on you!

 

[Tee Kay]

I'm going to make a t-shirt.

 

[Winner]

A good way to get your face smashed by both Slovak and Hungarian skinheads

 

[Kraznaya]

rants by tk and dachs on what is northern china

feh, i abandon all hope as soon as i'm north of the huai. the distinction past that is irrelevant :3

 

[NedimNapoleon]

Fox did it again, damn you Americans, why must you be so ignorant in Geography and History

 

[say1988]

Just a stupid mistake, but if there was one country in the Middle East that I would expect Americans to properly locate and name, it would be Iraq.

 

[hoplitejoe]

These count as "alternative" right?

 

[mayor]

I see a similarity in these posts.... doesn't anyone check these things at FOX News?